Family Planning Dialogue Guide

This tool, available in English and French, is designed to help community health workers ("relais") in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as they talk to small and large groups of men and women about family planning (FP). Relais are outreach workers who serve as the interface between health centres and the community; they create links to referral and education.

Issues covered in the booklet include spacing of pregnancies for the health of the mother and her children, visiting the health clinic for FP counselling and antenatal care, and adopting use of modern contraceptives.

This tool was developed by C-Change, which has trained 3,000 relais in one-day trainings designed to build their capacity to use the Family Planning Dialogue Guide when making home visits or conducting group discussions in their DRC communities.

The Ministry of Health reviewed and approved the Family Planning Dialogue Guide and determined that it will be used nationally.